custos

American  

[kuhs-tos, koos-tohs] / ˈkʌs tɒs, ˈkʊs toʊs /

noun

plural

custodes

1. (italics) a custodian.

2. a superior in the Franciscan order.

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custos British  

/ ˈkʌstɒs /

noun

1. Also called (in England): guardian.  a superior in the Franciscan religious order

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Etymology

Origin of custos

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin

Example Sentences

The Very Rev. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, custos of the Holy Land, will speak about “Struggle and Hope in the Holy Land.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2015

Non ipse custos pulchrior invias Egit sub umbras Aemonios greges; Non ipse Apollo notus illis Lege suae meliore cannae.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

He was also the first custos of Ashmole’s Museum, which could not have been an easy office since “twelve cartloads of Trades cant’s rarities” arrived in Oxford to form its nucleus. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir

As a former custos rotulorum for the county of Wilts, none knows that better than I, sir.

From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.

The same year he was appointed custos rotulorum of Cheshire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various